[sane-devel] Erratic connection of frontends to scanner

2003-03-18 Thread Henning Meier-Geinitz
Hi, On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:51:48PM +, Alisdair wrote: > However, although Xsane/scanimage have been generally communicating fine > with the backend things do not seem to be very predictable. So the error comes up only sometimes? Do you also use Windows? > Right now scanimage returns: >

[sane-devel] Erratic connection of frontends to scanner

2003-03-18 Thread Oliver Schwartz
Hi, now we're getting somewhere... > Right now scanimage returns: > [snapscan] Cannot open firmware file > /usr/local/etc/sane.d/Snape20.bin [snapscan] Edit the firmware file > in snapscan.conf Obviously your firmware file entry in snapscan.conf points to /usr/local/etc/sane.d/Snape20.bin

[sane-devel] gt68xx 'stretching' at 300dpi grey with Mustek Bearpaw 1200 CU.

2003-03-18 Thread Henning Meier-Geinitz
Hi, On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 07:28:40PM +, William Gallafent wrote: > Scanning in 8-bit grey 300dpi, though, leads to some random > 'stretching' of parts of the result, and the head sometimes doesn't > get to the end of the scan area. So the scan head scans but doesn't move? That doesn't happe

[sane-devel] compiling newer kernel with support for HP ScanJet 4c

2003-03-18 Thread
I am compiling a new kernel, hoping to get 2.4.20 working on my system. My scanner is an HP ScanJet 4c with HP SCSI interface card, with the symbios drivers (at least that's what I recall loading when I had it working fine under Winders). I want to make sure that I compile in the support for my sc

[sane-devel] Re: Affordable film scanner supported by SANE

2003-03-18 Thread Petter Sundlöf
> Here is a better idea. How about a SANE front end dedicated to scanning > slides and negatives. As another idea it could be closely modelled on > VueScan. At the end of the day that is what is required. > > JAB. This would be very welcome, and I encourage this. However I shouldn't speak as I am

[sane-devel] Erratic connection of frontends to scanner

2003-03-18 Thread Alisdair
Thanks for the help given over trying to set up my Snapscan e20. Someone suggested the root problem was a buggy firmware file - now upgraded. However, although Xsane/scanimage have been generally communicating fine with the backend things do not seem to be very predictable. Right now scanimage

[sane-devel] Upgrade question

2003-03-18 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Frank, Thanks for your advice. Frank wrote: > - snip - > " Now I have following packages downloaded from ftp.redhat.com > " > " sane-backends-1.0.11-1.i586.rpm > " sane-backends-devel-1.0.11-1.i586.rpm > " sane-frontends-1.0.10-1.i586.rpm > " xsane-0.90-1.i586.rpm > " xsane-gimp-0.90-1.i586.

[sane-devel] Re: Affordable film scanner supported by SANE

2003-03-18 Thread Jonathan Buzzard
and...@users.sourceforge.net said: > Just an idea -- since this is bound to become an issue with more than > just the Coolscan2 backend, how about adding a "preference memory" > feature to xsane? You could save multiple sets of settings for the > same backend and recall them any time. This way you

[sane-devel] gt68xx 'stretching' at 300dpi grey with Mustek Bearpaw 1200 CU.

2003-03-18 Thread William Gallafent
Hi, I've been using the 1.0.44 gt68xx driver today with a Mustek Bearpaw 1200 CU scanner over USB (ohci) on linux on a dual Athlon-MP system with AMD 760MP chipset, using the patched kernel scanner driver for 2.4.20. Almost everything works well, and the results are generally excellent for a scann

[sane-devel] Re: Upgrade question

2003-03-18 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 12:28:46AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > Sorry, I am equally surprized. This is the same system I started to post Hm. First response: ?!?!?! Did you by any chance upgrade this system from RHL7.1? 'cause RHL7.1 came with sane-1.0.3... Anyway, here's what I would try now:

[sane-devel] microtek 4800 scanner

2003-03-18 Thread Henning Meier-Geinitz
Hi, On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:13:51AM -0500, harry pratt wrote: > I am interested in any info available on a microtek 4800 scanner (usb). > Is anyone working on a driver ? I don't think so. > Is a programmer's manual available from microtek ? > etc. Ask Microtek. If the information in the SA

[sane-devel] HP 3570c scanner - No Backend?

2003-03-18 Thread Henning Meier-Geinitz
Hi, On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 12:12:58AM +1100, Damien Solley wrote: > I have recently received a HP 3570c scanner as a birthday present. > Unfortunately, I've discovered that SANE doesn't have a backend for it. > Is anyone aware of development of a driver for it (or even for the HP > 3500)? As fa

[sane-devel] Re: Upgrade question

2003-03-18 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:27:02PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: [...] > as USER > > $ su - > Password: > # rpm -Uvh --test /home/satimis/Download/Sane/i586/*.rpm > Preparing...### > [100%] > file /usr/bin/sane-config conflicts between attempted

[sane-devel] Re: Affordable film scanner supported by SANE

2003-03-18 Thread Major A
> >Orange mask: at least with Coolscan2, this one is trivial: adjust the > >exposure times of the R, G, B channels so that the space between two > >frames comes out exactly white. If you then scan with these settings > >and invert, all colours will be correct, and you have used the scanner > >at it

[sane-devel] Re: Affordable film scanner supported by SANE

2003-03-18 Thread Hubert Figuiere
Major A écrit: > Orange mask: at least with Coolscan2, this one is trivial: adjust the > exposure times of the R, G, B channels so that the space between two > frames comes out exactly white. If you then scan with these settings > and invert, all colours will be correct, and you have used the sc

[sane-devel] Upgrade question

2003-03-18 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi all folks, RH7.3 CPU: PII-350 I have following packages installed and running in my system $ rpm -qa|grep sane sane-backends-1.0.7-6 sane-frontends-1.0.7-2 xsane-0.84-2 sane-backends-devel-1.0.7-6 Now I have following packages downloaded from ftp.redhat.com sane-backends-1.0.1

[sane-devel] Re: Upgrade question

2003-03-18 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 01:30:25PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi all folks, > > RH7.3 > CPU: PII-350 [...] > Now I have following packages downloaded from ftp.redhat.com > > sane-backends-1.0.11-1.i586.rpm > sane-backends-devel-1.0.11-1.i586.rpm > sane-frontends-1.0.10-1.i586.rpm > xsane-0.90-1

[sane-devel] Upgrade question

2003-03-18 Thread Frank
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:30, Stephen Liu wrote: " Hi all folks, " " RH7.3 " CPU: PII-350 " =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D " " I have following packages installed and running in my system " " $ rpm -qa|grep sane " sane-backends-1.0.7-6 " sane-frontends-1.0.7-2 " xsane-0.84-2 " sane-backends-deve

[sane-devel] microtek 4800 scanner

2003-03-18 Thread harry pratt
I am interested in any info available on a microtek 4800 scanner (usb). Is anyone working on a driver ? Is a programmer's manual available from microtek ? etc. I looked through everything I could find and only references are to an earlier model (?) with a paralell interface. thanks, harry